Jun 17, 2011  •  In Art/Design, Funny, Twitter, Web

U.S. Cities According to Twitter

Did you know that 66% of Twitter users don’t list an actual location on their profile? And while I assume that most seem to do this for privacy reasons, there is also the fun factor (such as “Justin Bieber’s Heart”). InboxQ has sifted through various geotagged tweets in order to bring us a map of […]

Jun 15, 2011  •  In Funny, Web

The Past vs The Present

Times, they are a-changin’! Via The Daily What. P.S. — Gotta love the little detail on the last panel! You may also like: 13 Reasons Why Humans Are the Cutest Animals Website of the Day: Sad Animal Facts Mr. Men, Millennials Edition 3 Things I Found on the Internet Today

Jun 15, 2011  •  In Funny, Geek, Web

If Programming Languages Were Boats

I happened upon this hilarious post over at CompSci.ca Blog. It has certainly led to some great comments as well as some friendly debating among CS nerds… Turing Turing would definitely be a kayak. It’s small. It’s human powered. It’s often used as a beginner “boat.” And it’s also very Canadian. photo by naokomc Java Java is […]

Jun 12, 2011  •  In Art/Design, Funny, Web

Every Day Posters Every Day

We interrupt your regularly scheduled program to bring you your Tumblr Site of the Day… Every Day Posters Every Day aims to bring you every day activities or occurrences, no matter how trivial or mundane, and celebrate them in the form of posters. Readers are encouraged to submit their own should they feel that their favorite […]

May 21, 2011  •  In Comang, Funny, Web

Interruption

This is a perfect illustration of what happens on my bed when Comang decides that walking around me would take too much effort. Via WarrenEllis.com. You may also like: 13 Reasons Why Humans Are the Cutest Animals Website of the Day: Sad Animal Facts Mr. Men, Millennials Edition 3 Things I Found on the Internet […]

May 11, 2011  •  In Geek, Personal, Photography, Web

Learn SLR Photography Online with Camerasim

I have owned my DSLR for over a year now, but I still don’t feel completely comfortable with its myriad of settings and options. Sure, I have it set to manual mode most of the time, but I’m forever questioning my choices due to the fact that I’m a casual shooter with limited time (and […]

May 9, 2011  •  In Art/Design, Funny, NYC, Web

The Internet as Manhattan Neighborhoods

Amanda Peyton, the creator of geo-blogging site MessageParty, has designed a map of internet services based on Manhattan and its neighborhoods: The reasoning behind each placement is as follows: Twitter + Wall Street: Frenetic, Jumbled, Terse, but incredibly powerful Foursquare + East Village: The roots of the service were in the EV and the best […]

May 5, 2011  •  In Blogging, Geek, Personal, Touching, Web

Another Reason to Switch to Chrome

I understand that web publishers want to get people to click on over to their sites. I also can empathize with those who want to know more details about their traffic. But as someone who subscribes to over 1,000 sites on Google Reader, I hate, hate, HATE truncated RSS feeds with a passion. Luckily, there […]

Apr 9, 2011  •  In Cute, Geek, Web

Real-Life Snail Mail

This is too stinkin’ cute not to post. Vicki Isley and Paul Smith, researchers at UK’s Bournemouth University, have decided to take the term “snail mail” literally and created an email delivery service called Real Snail Mail. Real Snail Mail is a web service that uses live snails to deliver email. The delivery could take […]